κοπιάω
kopiaō
“to labor”
Definition
to feel fatigue; by implication, to work hard
from a derivative of G2873 (κόπος);
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Occurrences
κοπιάω appears 21 times in the New Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
But by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace to me was not in vain. No, I worked harder than all of them—yet not I, but the grace of God that was with me.
To this end we labor and strive, because we have set our hope on the living God, who is the Savior of everyone, and especially of those who believe.
To this end I also labor, striving with all His energy working powerfully within me.
I sent you to reap what you have not worked for; others have done the hard work, and now you have taken up their labor.”
And why do you worry about clothes? Consider how the lilies of the field grow: They do not labor or spin.
Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.